Sunday, March 15, 2009

Michigan's In!


Updated: 10:20 P.M. ET

Michigan makes the tournament as a 10 seed in the South Region, playing the 7th-seeded Clemson Tigers at 7:10 ET on Thursday, the 15th. An interactive bracket from NCAA.com of the entire 65-team field can be found here.

I'll have a more detailed write-up on Clemson later this week after some more research, but initially they look beatable. They have no one on their roster over 6'7 that contributes much. They started out 16-0 before their first loss but didn't play a particularly tough non-conference schedule, though they did beat Illinois. I do remember watching them blow out the Dukies at home but I didn't tune in until the last two minutes, so I'm not sure how exactly that transpired.

Clemson blogs can be found here and here.

MGoBlue.com will have ticket information later tonight. Game time is TBA. As soon as I find out, I'll post it here. Also on MGoBlue.com, they have a "Behind the Scenes with Coach John Beilein" grid where they've broken down how JB spent his Sunday. A couple interesting items on the list:
4 -4:15 p.m. Said he couldn't sit down so, "I moved the barbecue grill outside and cleaned some sticks off the lawn."
6:34 p.m.Any uncertainty becomes a reality as Michigan's ticket is punched
for the NCAA Tournament. The Wolverines are announced as the
10th seed in the South Regional and will face seventh-seeded
Clemson from the ACC on Thursday. A celebration ensues and a
smile is visible on the coach as the arena erupts in excitement
and the team begins to jump around and hug each other.


7:04 p.m.Hugs senior C.J. Lee outside the locker room and talks with DeShawn Sims in the tunnel about taking care of his class work before the team departs for the tournament.
Mlive.com has a brief write-up on the bid -- first time since 1998, dramatic scene, Ed Martin, etc.

ESPN has an easy on the eyes version of the tournament bracket here.

The Michigan Daily has a nice write-up of the pre-selection show festivities that occurred at Crisler. Coach Beilein had the opportunity to speak with the CBS host about 15 minutes before the show started.


Digger and the boys break down the South Region...

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